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FilmClub Distribuzione has acquired Irene Dionisio’s IDDA Mount Etna drama for Italy after a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival as part of the Platform…

In his decades-long career, John Cho has covered quite a bit of ground. He broke out playing comedy, then deftly transitioned into drama and now easily…

Director Lan Hongchun’s plan was to make a small drama about the Chinese diaspora, then hope the audiences would connect with its tale of family, of…

With the commemoration of one of the saddest dates for the USA – September 11th, the Hollywood Reporter addressed the question of why “a great movie…

For the uninitiated, Slavoj Žižek is the closest thing academia has to a rock star: a Slovenian philosopher who has spent four decades smuggling Hegel, Lacan…

Roughly two-thirds through “Misty Green,” Rosalind Eleazar takes a breath and lets a rendition of “One Night Only,” from the musical “Dreamgirls,” rip. The characters around…

Jeremy Thomas, the British film producer known for his work on the 1987 Oscar-winning film The Last Emperor, has died. He was 77. Thomas’ team announced…

Sometimes, history repeats itself. Exactly a half-century ago, in the year of the American bicentennial, a low-profile film — the story of a small-time boxer who,…

I have to confess I am a sucker for down-on-your-luck Hollywood stories, especially movies about actresses who once had success and are now scraping the bottom.…

The title character of “Misty Green,” Chris Rock’s explosively entertaining, savagely authentic drama about life in the Hollywood of today, is a television actress who had…